Is there a more beautiful language than that spoken by the human body? The Minnesota Ballet will answer that question irrevocably when they perform at the Mabel Tainter Theater on Friday, Mar. 8 at 8 p.m.

This Duluth-based touring troupe has a national reputation that extends beyond the traditional pas de deux. With an eclectic mix of George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille and Anthony Tudor the troupe moves easily from classical ballet to exuberant swing and jazz dance.

I couldn't believe my eyes when I opened up this thread - I used to train with the Minnesota Ballet (then called the Duluth Ballet). Apparently much has changed since the last time I danced there - I just took a look at their

Diversity is the key word this weekend when the Minnesota Ballet teams up with the Ragamala Music and Dance Theater for performances Thursday and Friday in Duluth.

Billed as the Diversity Performance, the two companies will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday in Mitchell Auditorium at the College of St. Scholastica, 1200 Kenwood Ave., Duluth.

Ragamala, a Twin Cities dance company lead by founder Ranee Ramaswamy, has received a Creativity Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and performed this summer in the Open Look Contemporary Dance Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. The troup performance an updated version of Bharatanatyam, the 2,000-year-old classical dance of South India, originally performed in Hindu temples and royal households, rich in subtle gestures and percussive feet.

Women are usually the center of attention in ballet — the ballerina is as iconic as any figure in arts. But being the focus onstage doesn’t always translate into running the show in the backstage work of choreography.

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